Combine all meatball ingredients. Shape into walnut sized balls. Place on waxed paper lined cookie sheets. Freeze. When fully frozen, place in Ziploc bag and store in freezer until needed. Combine all Sauce ingredients and freeze in separate Ziploc bag. To serve: place frozen meatballs in crockpot and cook on high for about 30 minutes. Pour thawed sauce over top. Cook on high 1 hour. Stir, turn to low and cook 6 - 9 hours.

** Can also use other sauces with meatballs: spaghetti sauce or cream of mushroom soup

1. brown ground beef and onions in skillet. Season with spices
2. Combine all ingredients except rice and cheese in slow cooker
3. Cover. Cook on low for 4 hours
4. Serve over a scoop of cooked rice and top with cheese

When I make this for the freezer, I put all chili ingredients in a ziploc bag and the cheese and rice in two sandwich sized ziploc bags and freeze together. This is really yummy

Mix together dressing, soup mix and cranberry sauce. Place chicken (or beef) and mixture together in a freezer bag. Freeze, using freezer bag method.

Makes 4 servings

To make:
Thaw completely. Place chicken (or beef) and sauce in greased baking dish. Bake at 350 for 1-1 1/2 hours uncovered.
(This is the baking instructions in the cook book but I just throw it in the crockpot on low for about 6 hours).

Combine all ingredients and freeze in Ziploc bag. To serve: thaw completely and place in crockpot. Cover and cook low 6-7 hours. Shred meat using two forks. Strain liquid and return liquid and meat to crockpot. Serve meat and au jus over mashed potatoes, noodles or rice.

Place in Ziploc Freezer Bag. Cook in crockpot. Serve over steamed rice.
***this is how the original recipe is written - I add some chopped chicken & some white wine. I also add the shrimp the last 30 minutes so it doesn't get tough***

Combine all ingredients and freeze in Ziploc bag. To serve: thaw completely and place in crockpot. Add water to within 3 inched of top of crockpot. Cover and cook on high 3 ½ - 4 hours or until vegetables are tender.

Combine all ingredients and freeze in Ziploc Bag. To serve: thaw completely, place in crockpot, cover and cook on low 8 hours. Just before serving, remove chicken breasts and slice into bite size pieces. Stir into soup. To serve: put a handful of tortilla chips in bottom of a bowl and spoon soup over chips. Top with shredded cheese.

Saute garlic and onions in oil until tender. Add green chilies and sauté two more minutes. Combine all other ingredients. Freeze. To serve: thaw completely and simmer for one hour.
Can serve as is or over brown rice.

Thanks so much! We're going of vacation in a few weeks and staying at a friend's cabin. I wanted to make all our food, but we'll be out most days and will have a minimal kitchen. The crockpot will be my friend!

Thanks for the recipe ideas! I'm going to try freezing them in 1qt. bags as to make single servings for myself and cook them in my mini-crockpot! If all goes as planned I can throw one bag in at breakfast and it will be ready for lunch

Thanks for the recipe ideas! I'm going to try freezing them in 1qt. bags as to make single servings for myself and cook them in my mini-crockpot! If all goes as planned I can throw one bag in at breakfast and it will be ready for lunch

I do this when my DH is flying and I'm just cooking for myself ~ it works great!